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Can the Supreme Court select its own cases or does it have to wait for them to be brought before the court?
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The Supreme Court must wait for someone to petition them; they can't review a case exclusively on their own authority.
The Supreme Court has the discretion to review any case that properly falls under its appellate jurisdiction, but only if a party to the suit submits a petition for a writ of certiorari or extraordinary writ (the latter is rarely used). Some cases may be appealed directly from District Court, bypassing the usual intermediate step of a review by the Circuit courts; however, this must also be presented to the Court for consideration.
The only exception to the petition rule occurs when a lower court certifies a question to the Supreme Court on a case it is currently trying. The Court then has the discretion to remove the case from the lower court to the Supreme Court for evaluation (without being asked). This procedure is exceedingly rare. The last time the Supreme Court accepted a certified question was 1982.
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